‘Embarrassing’ American tourists break hallowed local custom at Italian hotspot

A U.S. couple made a serious — and fineable — faux pas in the Floating City. NYC-based dietician Julia Latoff and her boyfriend Mike were on vacation in Venice, Italy when they decided to work off some of the pasta they’d been eating with a long job around town. “Both of us are runners, and we make an effort to run in almost every city we travel to,” Latoff told Newsweek. But the restorative morning run quickly became more of a humiliation ritual for the couple. “We noticed people were like shaking their heads at us, looking disgusted and angry,” Latoff shared in an Instagram post. American tourist Julia Latoff was caught off guard when she realized going shirtless was illegal in Venice. Instagram/eats.by.julia Latoff explained that because they were running in the high heat of early July,